VHB (Virtual Herb Bag) Items

Description:          Turmeric also known as Curcuma longa is a close cousin of Ginger botanically, the vivid yellow color of this popular spice has garnered the attention of herbal enthusiast and been a big part of both Chinese and Indian tradition for thousands of years. Turmeric has a wide range of properties that made it one of the most popular medicinal herbs available.    Turmeric Benefits:  anti-inflammatory Weight loss...

Description:       Valerian root is also known as Valeriana officinalis and that name is of Latin decent of the word Valere which can loosely be translated to mean to be healthy. Valerian has been used as a medicinal herb since at least the time of ancient Greece and Rome. Hippocrates described its properties in some of the ancient Greek text. During World War II, air-raids caused many symptoms of nervous disability in the  civilian population and Valerian...

Description:   Vitamin C also known as Ascorbic acid is found in various fruits vegetables. Usually the body can obtain the RDA of Vitamin C via a normal diet. Recent developments have led individuals to increase their consumption of vitamin C for various reasons. This powdered form of Ascorbic acid can be mixed in a beverage and allows for easy supplementation. Benefits of Vitamin CAn immune builder also used by the body to heal wounds in fact lack of vitamin C can slow...

Description:        The white willow tree grows in North America as far north as Nova Scotia and as far to the south east as Georgia. The active ingredient of the White willow bark is called salicin, after the Latin name for the White Willow (Salix alba). The inner bark of the white willow tree contains salicin. Salicin is converted in our bodies to salicylic acid. This conversion is what gives the white willow it's properties for pain relief and aid with cold and flues....

Description:          Cistanche Tubulosa is a rare form of the Panax ginseng family found in the sparsely populated Hsinchiang Uighur Autonomous Hotan region of north western China, southern Russia and southern Mongolia. Cistanche Tubulosa grows in an oasis in the Takla Makan Desert where the extreme desert conditions produce the perfect environment for this rare Ultra Potent adaptogenic herb to thrive.   Have the people of the Hotan Region found a...